Tag Archives: Neuromancer
The Molly Millions Mystique: The case for MM as feminist symbol
In her book, The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan argued that women were expected to “find fulfillment only in sexual passivity, male domination, and nurturing maternal love” (2001, p. 92). This view was perpetuated by “stories and articles that showed women as either happy housewives or unhappy, neurotic careerists, thus creating the ‘feminine mystique’” (“Feminine Mystique”). Friedan […] Continue reading
Disorientation of Time in Neuromancer
I find that William Gibson portrays a time-disorienting opening to his cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer. Part I, Chiba City Blues consists of a jumpy, speed-like nature in which many details are skipped across quickly. At first, this rapidness appears … Continue reading
In medias res in Neuromancer
William Gibson’s 1984 Neuromancer is pretty dense. It begins right in the middle of things, and never explains the science fiction world’s background. We the readers must piece it together on our own. Initially, main character Case seems like… Continue reading
Neuromancer, not to be confused with Necromancer
Talk about plunging feet first into a new world. From the very beginning, William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer forces us to take cognitive leaps and bounds with our understanding. By giving us no option but to blindly trust his words (especially the ones we don’t understand), we are submerged deep into Gibson’s cyber world. As I […] Continue reading
TV Skies and Mushroom Clouds
William Gibson’s Neuromancer deals with some common science fiction themes such as the blurring line between nature and technology. I enjoyed discovering how seemingly casual descriptions and metaphors served to highlight this theme. Take the opening line of the book for example: “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a […] Continue reading